Posted on 04/21/2015 11:55:10 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
A military veteran was detained but not charged by Valdosta State University police after she approached a group of protesters on campus who were walking on an American flag and took it from them.
Michelle Manhart, an Air Force veteran, said she was not planning to take the flag from the group, but she had heard about the group’s recent campus demonstrations and wanted to take action. [snip] The demonstrators declined to identify their group to The Valdosta Daily Times or speak with a reporter about their cause, but they did engage VSU students in heated debate.
One member of the group who declined to speak with The Valdosta Daily Times or identify himself told a VSU student that putting the American flag on the ground and walking on it was “a symbol of our protest. When a slave understands his situation and understands he doesn’t want to be in slavery, he does not respect or revere anything his slavemaster has put in front of him.”
(Excerpt) Read more at valdostadailytimes.com ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3so9qc0xUtk
sorry , found this , just a bunch of bearded black guys that hate our national symbol. No muz headgear , nothing to see here , move along ... Only a pretty white girl getting mobbed by cops as she heroically tries to save a U.S. flag from desecration .
It was an obvious provocation.
There was a time when the cops would have pitched in and helped protect the flag. Maybe some of them wanted to in this case too, who knows.
Yeah, the cowards wouldn’t even identify their organization. Can’t believe the good people of Georgia would allow this to stand.
April 18, 2015
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President William J. McKinney Issues Statement Regarding April 17 Protest
President William J. McKinney issued the following statement regarding the April 17 on-campus protest:
“The American flag represents everything that is best about our country. As the Supreme Court has held, one of those things is the right to free speech, which includes the right to disrespect even the symbol of our country. While I firmly disagree with the actions of the protesters, I understand their right to protest.”
Sounds like a commie sympathizer.
the real South needs to rise again
Weasel words from a sniveling Leftist.
I wonder if President McKinney’s forebearance would extend to a Piss on the Koran rally or a Make Kitty Litter out of a Rainbow Flag demonstration.
Students protest against President Obama by walking on flag
The affirmative action crowd is at it again.
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As some here say, TTIUWP.
She should be commended
83.39%
I will bet you , these are NOT students
She can wrap herself in MY old 48 star flag any day!
She also posed nude for PETA wearing a US flag which was in contact with the ground during the photo shoot.
This may be an attempt to keep her 15 minutes of fame candle going. But, anyone who was motivated enough the be an MTI and has the ribbon rack she displays in her picture can very well be motivated by love for the flag.
I commend her for intervening and hope that I would do the same under similar circumstances.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Manhart
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